"Trat"

Trat’s popular Koh Chang island is ready to welcome visitors, while hotels in the adjacent Koh Kood have been fully booked for the upcoming long weekend.

The Public Health Ministry is rushing to solve the problem of flooded hospitals in Chanthaburi, Trat and Prachin Buri in a bid to provide much-needed services to those suffering from typhoon Kompasu. Meanwhile, local mobile medical units have been set up for flood victims.

Trat authorities will conduct a second, more detailed, survey to gauge residents’ opinions on a planned bridge linking Koh Chang to the mainland. The first survey on the project was conducted four years ago and construction of the bridge is scheduled to kick off in 2023.

The direct service between Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) and Trat will be operated by an ATR72-600, starting with three flights per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). The outbound flight PG305 departs Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) airport at 11.40hrs. and arrives Trat airport at 12.40hrs.

Staff from the Marine and Coastal Resources Office on Thursday rescued a bottlenose dolphin floating in Khao Saming irrigation canal in Trat province.

Koh Chang police in Trat province were alerted to suspicious packages that washed up on a beach in Tai subdistrict on Wednesday.

Officials have warned locals against keeping suspicious packages containing methamphetamine that washed up on Ko Mak beach in Trat province.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has tightened control measures at five of the most at-risk provinces, namely Chanthaburi, Chonburi, Trat, Rayong and Samut Sakhon.

Trat has prohibited its people from entering and leaving the province from Saturday (April 4).

Four Russian tourists reported missing on Wednesday have been rescued after they were found stranded on their kayaks in Trat province, Immigration Police chief Lt-General Sompong Chingduang said on Thursday (December 5).

A Myanmar worker was arrested Thursday night for allegedly killing a fishing boat mechanic and injuring the captain off Koh Chang in Trat.

The rotted carcass of a finless porpoise was found on a beach on Koh Chang in Trat Wednesday evening, officials said.